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Bank Environmental Services Porter
The closing date is 03 August 2025
Are you looking for a new opportunity? Are you a reliable, hardworking individual who thrives in a busy environment?
Staff Bank Services successfully provides temporary staffing throughout Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust via a variety of different assignments.
We are looking to register reliable, hardworking individuals who would thrive in a busy environment who are available to work full time on a rotating shift pattern of 4 days on, 4 days off, 4 nights on, 4 nights off over a 12 hour period. You will be working within the Environmental Services team, ensuring waste is collected in a timely and efficient manner from all areas of the hospital.
Main duties of the job
Environmental Services Porter will assist the Team Leader for the Process and Resource Manager and his/her staff in providing an efficient waste collection service for all wastes generated from the Trust.
Waste Collectors will assist the team Leader to deliver the Collection Schedules; including dirty and infected laundry, cardboard/sharps, biohazard/hazardous clinical wastes and recyclables in accordance with the following list of duties.
About us
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position.
This vacancy will close on 03 August 2025.
Interviews are due to be held on 14 August 2025.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Good numeracy and literacy
* Hold full driving license
Experience
* General work experience dealing with the general public, in a demand led environment
* Must have experience of working in an industrial environment
* Experience of general cleaning duties
* NHS experience
* Waste Management experience and handling/segregation knowledge
Knowledge
* Manual handling techniques.
* Be helpful and understanding of customer needs
* Understanding of H & S in the workplace
* Knowledge of site and departments.
Skills
* Able to communicate effectively using radio
* Good front of house skills and customer service skills
* Able to work as part of a team
* Able to work with minimum supervision
* Must be flexible with shift patterns
* Welding experience
Additional Requirements
* The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
* Able to carry out full range of duties including physical aspects of lifting and pulling
* Able to pass tug drivers course within one month of commencement. Must be 18 to pass tug license
* Must be able to send and receive clear instructions on radio system
* Experience of dealing with the public in a service led environment.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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